[caption id="attachment_105710" align="alignright" width="285"] WINNING STREAK: Argentina wing Juan Imhoff runs to score his team’s fourth try during their World Cup quarterfinal against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff yesterday. PICTURE: AFP[/caption]
NICOLAS Sanchez steered Argentina into the World Cup semifinals with a thrilling 43-20 victory over injury-depleted Ireland yesterday.
Los Pumas will meet Australia on Sunday.
Defending champions New Zealand will play South Africa in the other last-four clash.
Ireland captain Jamie Heaslip – standing in for injured talisman Paul O’Connell – said they had been their own worst enemy. “It is obviously very disappointing to lose in such a big game,” he said.
“We didn’t help ourselves at the start but we fought back and came back into it.
“Argentina play a very expansive game and stretched us and we didn’t make it easy for ourselves at times.
The Pumas’ win denied Ireland a first-ever place in the semifinals after a gripping game. – AFP